Leadership Lorain County

Signature program: over 1,200 individuals have graduated from the signature program to date. This program is comprised of a road rally (race for the resources) to introduce new class participants to the County, an overnight retreat, which bonds the class and sets the direction for the year, eight day-long sessions that explores segments of the County (economic development, social justice, health care, law/government/politics, education, recreation/entertainment and board training), a final retreat, and concludes with graduation. As part of the class experience, projects are undertaken that focus the energy of the class members on solving a community problem or contributing to the community infrastructure. Approximately 40 individuals participate annually, which includes four high school students.

Adult and youth outreach programs: includes programming that incorporates various training opportunities, forums for networking, and high school education programming all centered around the early development of leaders and providing opportunities for alumni to share Leadership experiences.

Internship program: for more than a decade, over 200 college students have benefited from the Leadership Lorain County summer internship program. This program is designed to offer quality, 10-week paid summer interships to local college students while providing our public organizations with the energy, skills, and dedication that college students bring to these internships. The program provides college students with enhanced knowledge, appreciation, and dedication for Lorain County and its public service resources. The internship program offers professional work experience and service opportunities for Lorain County individuals that will result in a heightened sense of dedication to community involvement professionally, personally, and financially. Incorporated into the summer internship program, is a weekly educational workshop addressing particular needs of college students such as resume building, interviewing skills, personal finances, and public speaking. Each workshop is held in a different geographical area of the County as well as varying businesses and non-profits which showcase to the students Lorain County's positive contributions and engaging reasons to come back to Lorain County to work.